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"My mother said I could be anything I wanted—but I chose to live." ― Ocean Vuong

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another gloomy day where i read myself into oblivion

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Bookshelves update 📚✨

I am much more happy with how they look now! Especially the colourful shelf, it's my favourite with the Bottero one ☺️

Je préfère largement cette organisation. Je trouve que c'est bien plus joli, surtout l'étagère colorée et la Bottero ☺️

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[Image Description: A set of graphics titled 'International Booker Prize - 2022 Shortlist' listing the covers for the following six books:

Heaven by Mieko Kawakami (translated by Sam Bett and David Boyd).

A New Name: Septology VI-VIII by Jon Fosse (translated by Damion Searls).

Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung (translated by Anton Hur).

The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk (translated by Jennifer Croft).

Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree (translated by Daisy Rockwell).

Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro (translated by Frances Riddle).

End of description.]

The 2022 International Booker Prize Shortlist is out.

Happy to see that 'Tomb of Sand' by Geetanjali Shree (translated by Daisy Rockwell), the first Hindi novel to make it to the longlist, has also made it into the final six!

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[Image Description: A set of graphics titled 'Update' listing in chronological order the books I've read from January to March of this year and the star rating I've given them. The titles are as follows:

The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedric Engels - No rating was given.

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric Larocca - Four out of five stars.

Header by Edward Lee - One and a half stars out of five.

Temporada de Huracanes by Fernanda Melchor - Five out of five stars.

Woom by Duncan Ralston - Two out of five stars.

Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe and Phoebe Kobabe - Three out of five stars.

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka - Three out of five stars.

Mrs Caliban by Rachel Ingalls - Four out of five stars.

Boy Parts by Eliza Clark - Four out of five stars.

Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk - Two out of five stars.

The quote: "Sweep everything under the rug for long enough, and you have to move right out of the house" found in Mrs Caliban by Rachel Ingalls is also included. End of description.]

A quick update of what I've read this past few months! 💕 Currently reading Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung (and translated by Anton Hur).

What are you guys reading at the moment?

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Book Rec: My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jackson

Medium: Novel

Genre: Meta Horror

Tags/Content Warnings: Rotting Elk Meat, Slasher Movies, Goth Main Character, Past/Referenced Sexual Assault, Homoerotic Girl Best Friends, Graphic Violence, Underage, Death, Ghosts, Jaw-Specific Gore, Drowning, Systemic Racism, Children in Danger, Mystery/Thriller, Cathartic Violence, Dismemberment, Dead Bodies, Man vs. Nature, Class Warfare

Men, Women, and Chainsaws by Carol Clover is a famous piece of film analysis for one reason: Clover was the first person to define the now-ubiquitous idea of a Final Girl. You know the type—Sidney Prescott, Laurie Strode, Nancy Thompson. She’s traumatized, but in the end she’s the only one who can end the horror. Jade Daniels knows slashers by heart, which is how she knows two things: she’s in one, and she’s not the final girl. 

I’m recommending this book because in 50 pages I knew it was going to be my favorite thing I read this year. At 186 pages in I had to put the book down and pace because as gonzo as it was up until that point, I hadn’t expected it to go there quite so hard. 

This book plays with horror conventions by playing directly into them, with all of the subtlety befitting its teenage protagonist. Much like the movies so lovingly referenced on almost every page, there’s a sense of inevitability to it. From the jump, a genre-savvy reader will know how this is going to go. It’s bloody and dark and angry, but there’s a remarkable sense of earnest optimism, too. Jade believes the world is full of Jasons and Freddies, and she believes that somewhere out there, there’s a girl who will beat them at their own game. 

In Jade’s own words, “To put it in conclusion, sir, final girls are the vessel we keep all our hope in." 

You can find this book here.

Recommender: Anna | Art Director

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April 1, 2022

I love this edition of Dracula, illustrated by Becky Cloonan 😍

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07-04-22

small pleasures - clare chambers (4.5 stars)

this is soooooo good!!! it's got tons of twists and turns right when you least expect it, and i love that!!! this is an absolutely brilliant book :)

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a little reading update: started Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson, and im not enjoying it at alll unfortunately :(

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Last: Impulse - 4 ⭐️’s

Now: Uzumaki

Next: Punk 57

Getting a head start on my April TBR! :) What’s on your April TBR?

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Happy April 🌸

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To be fair, it only came to my attention when I found out that 'When We Cease to Understand the World' by Benjamin Labatut (translated by Adrian Nathan West) was included in last year's shortlist!

And because I ended up loving that book, I looked into other nominees and added them to my TBR list. It's a great way to find translated works that I would have otherwise never heard of!

The 2022 International Booker Prize shortlist comes out tomorrow! I am excited to see another book by Fernanda Melchor on the list this year. Her last nominated book, 'Temporada de Huracanes' ('Hurricane Season') was easily one of the best books I've read this year, so I cannot wait to read 'Paradais'!

'Love in the Big City' by Sang Young Park is also next on my reading list after I am done with 'Cursed Bunny' by Bora Chung (both books translated from Korean to English by Anton Hur). The UK covers are also stunning!

Have you guys read any of the books on the longlist? What did you think? Which book are you hoping makes it into the final six? Which book do you think will win?

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Hello, friends!

My name is Mis. I'm a student doctor embroiled in a lifelong love affair with stories. Over the past couple of years, I've resurrected a (semi)steady reading habit, so I wanted to finally join the tumblr reading community to enjoy all the lovely bookishness.

I love all things fantasy, but also enjoy a healthy diet of sci-fi, historical, and thriller/suspense. Some of my favorite reads include Spinning Silver by Naomi Novak, Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynn Jones, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, and anything by JRR Tolkien or CS Lewis. I read a lot of YA and NA fiction but enjoy a touch of variety. Please share your recommendations!

So here's the plan:

book reviews and recommendations

read-alongs and discussions

bookish quotes, memes, and goodness

Join me! One can never have too many bookworm friends or see too much book content on their dash. Like, reblog, or comment so I can connect with you!

Currently reading: Sadie by Courtney Summers

You can also connect with me on StoryGraph!

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The 2022 International Booker Prize shortlist comes out tomorrow! I am excited to see another book by Fernanda Melchor on the list this year. Her last nominated book, 'Temporada de Huracanes' ('Hurricane Season') was easily one of the best books I've read this year, so I cannot wait to read 'Paradais'!

'Love in the Big City' by Sang Young Park is also next on my reading list after I am done with 'Cursed Bunny' by Bora Chung (both books translated from Korean to English by Anton Hur). The UK covers are also stunning!

Have you guys read any of the books on the longlist? What did you think? Which book are you hoping makes it into the final six? Which book do you think will win?

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[Image Description: A set of graphics titled 'Update' listing in chronological order the books I've read from January to March of this year and the star rating I've given them. The titles are as follows:

The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedric Engels - No rating was given.

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric Larocca - Four out of five stars.

Header by Edward Lee - One and a half stars out of five.

Temporada de Huracanes by Fernanda Melchor - Five out of five stars.

Woom by Duncan Ralston - Two out of five stars.

Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe and Phoebe Kobabe - Three out of five stars.

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka - Three out of five stars.

Mrs Caliban by Rachel Ingalls - Four out of five stars.

Boy Parts by Eliza Clark - Four out of five stars.

Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk - Two out of five stars.

The quote: "Sweep everything under the rug for long enough, and you have to move right out of the house" found in Mrs Caliban by Rachel Ingalls is also included. End of description.]

A quick update of what I've read this past few months! 💕 Currently reading Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung (and translated by Anton Hur).

What are you guys reading at the moment?

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was inspired by @therefugeofbooks to make a pink stack of my own 💖

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“Until now I had been able only to grieve, not mourn. Grief was passive. Grief happened. Mourning, the act of dealing with grief, required attention.”

- The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion

Currently reading:

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion